Noah lincoln greene



N. L. GREENE.

COAT HANGER.

APPLlCATIO N FILED SEPT.25. 1914.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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NOAH LINCOLN GREENE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN RUBBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed September 25, 1914. Serial No. 863,432.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH LINCOLN GREENE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, county of Sufiolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat- Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact disclosure:

This invention relates to coats and like garments, particularly to rubber and like waterproof coats and has for an object to provide an improved construction of coat hanger which will hang the coat from the body and thereby distribute the hanging strain over the back and shoulders of the coat.

In the usual construction of a coat, the coat hanger is attached direct to the collar, thereby not only causing a distortion of the collar when the hanging strain comes upon the loop, but also causing opening of seams around the neck of the coat with consequent formation of leaks.

The present invention obviates these disadvantages by the provision of a tab carried by the body of the coat and to which the hanger loop is firmly secured, whereby the hanging strain is concentrated upon the body of the coat and the collar is relieved of all strain.

The invention can be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a coat showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the inside of the coat with a portion broken away to expose the tab; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, 10 illustrates a fragmentary portion of the body of an ordinary water-repellent coat having at the front and back of the neck segment-shaped collar pieces 11 and 12 which are secured at the lower edges to the body of the coat by stitches 13 and at the upper edges to the collar 14 of the coat by stitches 15.

In practising the invention, the various thicknesses 16 and 17 of the material of the coat back are extended up underneath and between the collar pieces 11 and 12 in the form of a tab 18 of the general shape shown in Fig. 2. A hanger loop 19 is disposed transversely on the front collar piece with the ends passed loosely through openings 20 in the collar piece and firmly secured to the tab 18, preferably by rivets 21 passed through the ends of the hanger loop, collar pieces and tab. The hanger loop may be cemented, vulcanized, or otherwise secured to the tab in lieu of being riveted thereto, and is preferably stitched, as shown at 22, to the collar pieces and tab, at the rivets, to firmly anchor the loop against displacement. The hanger loop is thus secured to the body of the coat through the instrumentality of the tab 18 whereby the hanging strain will be distributed over the back and shoulders of the coat, thereby obviating the opening of seams at the neck of the coat and consequent formation of leaks attendant upon the coat being hung from a hanger loop attached merely to the collar of the coat as is the usual practice. Furthermore, the tab 18 stiffens the coat between the rivets and thus aids it to retain its shape and resist buckling and like distortion when the weight of the coat comes upon the hanger loop.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim and desire to have protected by Letters Patent is:

A garment including a body portion, a collar piece comprising two layers connected thereto, a tab projecting from the neck of the body portion and lying between said layers, and a hanger loop connected to the tab and projecting therefrom through the collar between the upper edge of the collar and the junction line of the collar with the body of the garment.

Signed at Boston, county of Sufiolk, State of Massachusetts, this 21st day of Sept,

NOAH LINCOLN GREENE. Witnesses:

L. E. LovEJoY, E. T. DOWNS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

